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C road crash in Greenwich SE18 on 31 December 1998 at 08:40 involving a Ford Granada

A Ford Granada and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on a C road in Greenwich at 08:40 on Thursday 31 December 1998. The 45-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 1998
Thursday, 08:40
Vehicles
2
Ford Granada and Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48236, longitude 0.07268, in the SE18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich.

Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801RA00481
Council area
Greenwich
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 September 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    2,294 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199801RA00481 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 1998.